10-19-2017, 07:14 AM
Kupe and the Giant Octopus
Tricky Kupe, tricky Kupe
look out to the sea,
you see a giant octopus
who wants to make you bleed.
Tricky, tricky Kupe
uproot calabash trees
and toss them in the sea
their waving fronds and gourds
look like human beings.
The octopus is hungry,
emerges from the deep to eat,
but tricky, tricky Kupe
leap upon its head
and deal the final death-blow
letting fly the soul from the body of the beast.
The Great Kupe
known throughout the sea
for his Great Death-Blow,
Arapaoa,
now the South Island of New Zealand.
Tricky Kupe, tricky Kupe
look out to the sea,
you see a giant octopus
who wants to make you bleed.
Tricky, tricky Kupe
uproot calabash trees
and toss them in the sea
their waving fronds and gourds
look like human beings.
The octopus is hungry,
emerges from the deep to eat,
but tricky, tricky Kupe
leap upon its head
and deal the final death-blow
letting fly the soul from the body of the beast.
The Great Kupe
known throughout the sea
for his Great Death-Blow,
Arapaoa,
now the South Island of New Zealand.
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